The flight to Sokovia was eerily quiet. Steve was sitting in the back of the jet, refusing to talk to anyone, even Cassidy, after he caught her laughing at him. Nat was at the front, protecting Tony in case Steve came after him, which would actually be comical.
The jet landed and they began their trek through the woods but they didn't get far once all hell broke loose. There were armed men everywhere, shooting at them and Cassidy watched Thor and Tony shoot up into the sky and Hulk jump over their heads to make a path for them.
Cassidy weaved in and out of the trees, Nat right behind her, just like they always did on missions. They moved together in sync, Nat watching her back, and Cassidy covering hers when she needed to. There was a reason Clint had nicknamed them WidowSwan.
Cassidy slid down to avoid a bullet, knowing that Nat would copy her.
"I kinda feel like we're outnumbered here Nat." Cassidy told her.
"Aw, not having fun princess?" Nat joked. Clint pulled up to them in a jeep and smirked.
"Care for a ride ladies?" Cassidy rolled her eyes as she jumped into the back while Nat and Clint switched spots so she could drive. Thor took out a jeep that had pulled up on their left, then he jumped up to a watchtower to end the fire that was raining down on them.
Steve flew by them on a bike and damn if her man didn't look sexy as hell, almost enough to make her not be mad at him, but not enough. She was still pretty mad.
There was a roadblock in front of them and Nat wasn't slowing down.
"Uh Nat?" Cassidy asked.
"Get ready to jump!" She yelled. Cassidy and Clint shared a look before Nat slid the jeep to the side and hurled them all out. Steve soared over them and Tony flew back up into the sky, Hulk smashing everything in his path.
Cassidy rolled when she landed, skidding to a stop in the snow. Clint helped her to her feet and they took off again, toward the base.
"Shit!" Tony yelled through the comms. Cassidy went to ask him what happened when she heard Steve's voice.
"Language!" He scolded. Cassidy's mouth dropped open and Clint started laughing, damn near tripping over his own two feet. For an assassin, he was pretty clumsy sometimes.
"Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs?" Steve asked. Cassidy followed Clint through the trees, pulling out her knives and sliding in between two of Strucker's men, taking them out at the kneecaps.
She heard Jarvis say that the base was surrounded by an energy field, and that Strucker's technology was way more advanced than the rest of the Hydra bases that they had taken out. Well, by the rest of the team, that meant not Cassidy since she'd been down the use of a limb for several weeks.
"Loki's scepter must be here." Thor said. "Strucker couldn't mount his defense without it. At long last."
There was a loud bang and then she heard Nat's voice over the comms. "At long last is lasting a little long guys."
Clint and Cassidy were taking cover behind two trees, sending shots out whenever they had the chance.
"Yeah, I think we lost the element of surprise." Clint breather out. Cassidy threw a grenade towards the bunker, ducking when it exploded.
"Did we ever really have it?" She asked.
"Wait a second." Tony said. "No one else is gonna deal with the face tat Cap just said 'language'?" Cassidy and Clint shared a smirk as they took out the rest of the bunker and continued forward.
"I know, I know. It just slipped out." Steve said with a heavy sigh. Cassidy smiled, he really was just an old man sometimes.
Cassidy slid behind a tree and turned to shoot at another bunker when she saw a whisp of white and blue go by.
"Did you just see that?" She asked Clint. He went to shoot next but the blur came around them and knocked them both to the ground. A tall blonde boy stood above them, smirking.
"What, you didn't see that coming?" He said before disappearing.
"What the hell was that?" Cassidy said, groaning as she rolled over.
A gun came out of the bunker and Cassidy tried to them away but she was too late, The shot missed Clint but got Cassidy in the side, just under her ribs. She hit the ground and groaned, Nat sliding onto the snow next to her.
"Cass has been hit!" Nat yelled out. Tony and Steve both yelled 'what!' at the same time while Nat and Clint were trying to stop the bleeding.
"Somebody wanna deal with that bunker?" Nat asked. Cassidy heard the roar of the Hulk as he smashed into it, getting thanks from Nat. Cassidy knew she was losing blood and fast. Her eyes started to drift closed and Nat placed a hand on the side of her face.
"You stay awake do you hear me?" She said softly.
"Nat is she okay?" Steve asked.
"She's losing a lot of blood, we need to get her out of here now!" Nat yelled.
"I can get Lady Cassidy to the jet. The sooner we get out of here the better." Thor said. He landed next to them and carefully lifted Cassidy in his arms, apologizing when she whimpered. He flew to the jet and got her inside, setting her on the small medical table they had.
"Lady Cassidy, are you still with us?" Thor asked as he got her strapped in for the flight. She gave out a very weak 'mmhmm'. She could faintly hear Tony say 'and for gosh sakes watch your language' and she smiled. Yeah, Steve wasn't gonna live that down anytime soon, and that oddly made her feel better.
Thor laid a blanket over her and she hoped that they had stopped the bleeding enough to get back to Dr. Cho. She heard Nat and Clint's voices as they entered the jet, followed by Bruce, then she felt a large gloved hand slide into hers.
"Hey sweetheart, how are you feeling?" Steve asked her. She hummed and turned her head toward him, her eyes still closed.
"Sleepy." She whispered.
"You gotta stay awake for me okay Cass? It's not long until we're back home and then you'll get fixed up okay?" Steve told her. She nodded her head slowly and tugged on Steve's hand.
"Kiss me." She asked. Steve leaned in and kissed her softly, knowing she only asked him to because she thought she wasn't going to make it.
"You don't get to leave me sweetheart, you cant." Steve whispered, resting his forehead against her shoulder.